{
  "record": {
    "id": "039ba6d1-3b48-4359-912a-20af2305d83b",
    "code": "PAI-039BA6D1",
    "force": "Drug Enforcement Administration",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "Nationwide",
    "technology": "Friction ridge print comparison and print-card character recognition",
    "technology_slug": "ai-ml-forensic-tools-bundle",
    "vendor": "",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "operational",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "",
    "notes": "The Justice Department's 2025 AI use case inventory (entries DOJ-0065 and DOJ-0296, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists two DEA uses with the same stated purpose, comparing fingerprints within a case to link cases where individuals are not identified, with images and portions of print cards as output, both classed as high-impact: DOJ-0065, 'Friction Ridge Print Comparisons', a vendor-purchased pilot with a start date of January 2024, and DOJ-0296, a friction ridge optical character recognition use deployed with an operational date of January 2025. No vendor is named.",
    "source": "Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DOJ-0065, DOJ-0296)",
    "source_url": "https://github.com/ombegov/2025-Federal-Agency-AI-Use-Case-Inventory/blob/main/Data/2025_individually_reported_AI_use_cases.csv",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-06",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/039ba6d1-3b48-4359-912a-20af2305d83b"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}